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Martin Gummer, Managing Director

E   martin@optimaenergy.nz
P   +64 27 474 4844

The company’s Managing Director is Martin Gummer. Martin has a 40-year management career spanning the private and public sectors, along with degrees in economics and law. In the late 1980s and early 1990s Martin was an elected member of the Auckland Electric Power Board and involved in energy management at Fletcher Challenge. In 1993 he became the founding CEO of EECA, successfully establishing and leading the organisation through its first four years. From January 2015 until April 2020 Martin was a Business Development Manager at Energy Solution Providers (ESP) and for most of that time its leading sales generator.

While at ESP he spearheaded its entry into the industrial and food processing markets. He also met with hundreds of energy-using businesses and organisations across New Zealand, giving him practical insight into how best to help businesses save energy.

Dan Coffey, Advisory Director

Martin is assisted by Advisory Director Dan Coffey. Dan is an engineering consultant with 26 years’ experience as a valued adviser on and administrator of energy efficiency measures. Dan is known and respected throughout New Zealand and brings a unique breadth of perspective to Optima.

Recently he was inducted into the Energy and Carbon Professionals (CEP) New Zealand Hall of Fame.

Graeme Burke, Energy Consultant

E   graeme@optimaenergy.nz
P   +64 22 177 1619

Optima is also assisted by Graeme Burke of energy consultancy Energy Veritas. Graeme’s 40+ year career has spanned both the supply and demand side of New Zealand’s energy sector, including time working as an energy auditor. Graeme works part time with Optima on a range of technical, data analysis and reporting activities.

Whirika is a well-established New Zealand specialist engineering energy management consultancy that provides expert advice for industrial, food processing, wood processing, supermarket and institutional customers.

Whirika’s professional engineers include accredited energy auditors and IPMVP Certified Professionals with expertise and experience in advanced energy monitoring and analytics.

Circit is a service-oriented electrical contracting firm, based in Auckland and Christchurch. The Circit team supports Optima with a range of technical services including producing single electrical line diagrams, deploying the metering equipment, equipment installation where required, troubleshooting and fixes, and technical support to clients.

Our main products and services generate strong ROIs without EECA funding. Nonetheless we will engage with EECA where and when beneficial to our clients.